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06 Sept 2025

Finn Harps await Webster's scan results

A knee injury sustained against Bohemians by the club captain means a nervous wait for all at Finn Park

Finn Harps await Webster's scan results

David Webster of Finn Harps warms-up, wearing a World Down Syndrome Day Donegal t-shirt before the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match between Finn Harps and Shamrock Rovers at Finn Park

The extent of the injury sustained by Finn Harps captain Dave Webster in last Friday’s 2-2 draw with Bohemians at Dalymount Park will be learned on receipt of the results of a scan to his knee.

Webster went down unchallenged and had to be stretchered from the field and missed out on Monday’s 1-0 home loss against Sligo Rovers, where former Harps winger Karl O’Sullivan scored the only goal.

Spanish centre-half José Carrillo failed to make it through the warm-up with a groin injury, with Conor Tourish also missing following having picked up a knock in Dublin.

Nineteen minutes in on Monday, Ryan Connolly joined the list of walking wounded and having taken a bang on the ankle was replaced by Luke Rudden.

Ryan Rainey and Eric McWoods were both dismissed in Phibsborough, for two yellows and a straight red respectively and served one-match suspensions on Easter Monday, as did Elie-Gael N’Zeyi for picking up five bookings this term.

All three will return on Friday, as Ollie Horgan’s team face a daunting trip to Richmond Park to face a St Patrick’s Athletic side who won 2-0 at Finn Park already this season, with Jack Scott’s opener was followed by Eoin Doyle’s first goal for the Inchicore club.

Tunde Owolabi, Harps’ top-scorer last season, started for only the second time this season in Monday’s better-late-than-never 2-1 win at UCD. The Belgian, who scored 10 league goals for the Ballybofey club last season, including a hat-trick against St Pat’s, baggeD his only goal this term on opening night against Sligo.

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